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MARINE NEWS. Successful Launch Yesterday at Mani tovvoc of the Schooner Thomas L. Parker. A Vessel That Has l\o Superior for Strength and Beauty on the lakes. . IVcißlits Firm at Three’ Cents on Corn ami Three and One-Quarter on Wheat. Around the Lakes-Arrivals and Depart ures—Miscellaneous—Along the Docks. nOME GATHEKrXGSi LAUNCH OP A MAG.VIFICE.Vr VES«EI, Yesterday afternoon at .Manitowoc-,ViL, the magnificent new schooner Thomas 1,. Parker was successfully launched. The building of this vessel constitutes an event of sufficient interest to vessel men and others to deserve more than a passing mention: and as it is the general ver d'ct °f., “ kc men who have seen her Uiat toe will have no superior ou the “unsalted freas, we will indulge a brief description, .he is a three-masted schooner, 185 feet keel, thirty-three feet beam; depth of hold, fourteen feet; length overall, about 200 feet; tonnage- register, about 700; actual burden, about 1..100 tons; and in her general construc tion features were introduced which amount in tact to a new system. She has three keels in stead ol one,—being two assistant keels, with thick garboard and the ordinary keelson inside, giving her extraordinary backbone, as it were, iicside the usual thick strakesof plunk inside tbo bilge she has tho same outside, extending 1 well .aboveand below tho water line; both being edge-bolted and thoroughly bolted together. Very few, perhaps no more than five or six bulls have been so thoroughly secured in this resuect She has remarkably strong upper chords; her wales being an inch thicker than usual and notched one inch closely upon her frame. Her clamps and shelves, in addition to tho usual fastening, are keyed in all seams at intervals of four feet Her rail deck frames are also unusual ly strong and heavy, and. indeed, she is built throughout including all the modern appliances for working a ship, in accordance with those de tails. both as to materials and workmanship. She has a burdensome model, clean ends, and for strength and adaptability to lake commerce she will certainly have no superior, if 1 an e<)ual. '6he was built under the personal supervision of ~apt .1.13. liaU. of this city, u born and life-lomr jearnan, and the inventor and patentee of •Hall sComposite Ship." Capt Hull’s snowy beard and dignified appearance is familiar to our citizens, and especially to those interested ,u »YS?S I Property. Channon & Co., of this city, will fit her out, and G. D. Morris & Co., of Mil waukee, will furnish her anchors, chains, and windlass. .No money has been spared iu the construction of this magnificent piece of marine architecture, and she will be one of tho finest, if not the finest, finished vessels from truck to keel on tho lakes. She is owned by Capt. C. W El phicke, of this city, cost §T>O,OOO, and will be com manded by Capt. Fitch, n thoroughly trained seaman of npe experience, not only on tho lakes, but also in tho service of tho Government ..*??* i ho " ar * As 50011 as she is fitted out she will be brought to this city, and all interested in \essel architecture will have an opportunity to inspect her. Capt. Elphickc has every reason to be proud ol beiug the owner of such a magnifi cent specimen of vessel property LAKE FREIGHTS. There was more doing in grain freights yes terday, shippers conceding another H c, and nav ingd cents on corn and 3 hi cents on wheat to Buffalo. > essel-room was scarce and In demand The engagements were: FOR BUFFALO. Propeller Alcona, wheat ~ Propeller Idaho, corn *.* Propeller Montana, corn.. Schooner Sawyer, corn Schooner Saa Diego, wheat..., FOR ERIE, Propeller Delaware, corn fou Kingston JScbooner Guidicp Star, corn... LUMBER FREIGHTS. ** "Thera was no change In lumber freights. the rates remaining- firm at the following figures: from East Saginaw $ o 7iV«?o00 from Manistee * *’*/’** from I.udington ....*.*.!!!!!.*’* T’st»; from White Lake... 1 * from Grand Haven .V..V.V froth Muskegon **“ from Bay City 2.T5 The above rates are those paid for sailing ves sels. steam-barges carrying lumber from dock to dock at cents less from Grand Haven and Muskegon. COAT. FREIGHTS. No further advance in coal freights are re* ported Irom either Buffalo or Oswego. DOCK NOTES. '■ rapt. McKee, the crib-keeper, was in the city yesterday ou business. A heavy northwest wind prevailed all day yes terday, making the Jake outside very rough. The schooner Charles Crawford made her fir*t appearance in this port this season yesterday. The fine acboonor San Diego is at the Air-Lino Elevator taking on a cargo of wheat for Buffalo. There were but few vessels or any class in port yesterday, and most of the tugs were idle in consequence. The schooners Racine. Geslme, and G. D. Morris are in Miller Brothers 4 dry-docks having leaks stopped. . CapL C. Anderson has been appointed to the command of tho schooner Gesime, vice Capt. U homas Casey. The elegant steamer Northern Queen, Capt. Cameron, left for Colltngwood last evening with a cabin full of passengers, every stateroom being taken. The steam-barge R. C. Brittain Is in tho Vcs eelrOwners’ dry-docks being tree-nailed, and the barge Potter is la the same docks having her bottom calked. The schooner Driver, Capt, Thomas Page, arrived in port yesterday with a cargo of 9,000 ties, tho lar est load ever brought into this port by a vessel of her tonnage,—l37 tons. The steam-barge Swallow Is lu the Chicago Brv-Docks for repairs to her machinery and to have her bottom calked. The schooner J. H. Holmes is also in tho same docks having a leak slopped. Workmen were engaged yesterday In'putting in a new jibboom in the schooner Midland Rover, to supply the place of the one broken by tho col lision with Clark street bridge Friday evening. \ Qpt. Crokin, tho master of the vessel, was feei lag somewhat better yesterday, and, save a very sore head, is able to attend to his duties. The fine steara-bargo William Edwards, Capt. "tlliam Fagln, arrived in port yesterday morn ing with her consorts, the schooners Charles roster and Mariou Page, the three vessels bring ing -MOO tons of hard coal. Tho Edwards made me trip from this port to Buffalo and back in days, a feat that few vessels accom plish, and Capt. Fagin Is naturally very proud orer the achievement of his fine boat. AROUND THE liAKES. REGULATIONS OF THE WELLAND CANAL ELEVATORS. The Welland Railroad & Steamboat Company ofCanada has just issued the following: rules and regulations to be observed at Port Colborno I aadPort Dalhousie elevators during 1 the balance or the present season: 1. Every vessel to be dis charged or loaded in rotation according to date of arrival and report, at the rate of three light* wages to one through cargo. Xo report will taken from any vessel until she is inside the ferry at Port Colborno. 3. Lighterage rates, in cluding elevating and shoveling ait Port Col ; and trimming at Port Dalbousic. will be ' as follows; When the vessel’s rate is 4 cents per bushel and under, I|i cents per bushel: 5 ceuts Per bushel and oVer 4. cents per bushel: C <-eats per bushel and over .1, ~ cents per bushel; * cents per. bushel and over a, 2*4 cents per Per bushel and over 7, cents Pur bushel; t* .cents ucr bushel and over 8, 3 cents ! Pef bushoi; 30 cents per bushel and over 0,3? i . per bushel; 11 couts per bushel and over ; cents per bushel; over 13 ceutspcrbusbel. i centsper bushel; quantities under 3,000 bush -4 cents pel* bCfshel. ! • . A RLE.VS.ANT MAN TO SAIL WITH. v Capt. Maurice Fitzgerald, of the schooner »arcia Hall, was arrested at Oswego lastTucs- JJf* It seems that during the passage of ibis 'ff« from Toronto to Oswego he was taken JOiepUy Insane, and uamsddhimsclf by chasing niembers of his crew about/the rigging with i? J\ x ’ The crew was compelled for safety to nia Cant. Fitzgerald hand'and foot until y**cgo was reacaed. where: be became »ore rational, and ther released, him. FHz- lives at Oakville. Out. One year ago ‘tzgerald became insane during a trip, and f“' e his crew a terrible frigbL One bos* tried A '*ith the yawl, but the - crazy com- seized an ax and jumped into the boat “‘ffl, the two remaining on the lake for * erai days, enduring many hardships. .* MILWAUKEE LIGHT. in bis annua! report on light inii 510 tJQ ® Treasury Department, reports as Ftii OWSo f lb® Milwaukee light: “A duplicate tc-*® fog signal was erected at this station. j/vP'er on which the keeper’s dwelling stands ** ec *ying rapidly, and it seems to me to be a ™rotoror“ on Fnro“n3e C rer)air3 as permanent br removAm? C fP f ? re ’ t 0 muke it present crib to a tim ber-work of the extreme low watrfr £d £ix below Wits concrete oitWde w.ih ■ ,^l rr} y, t , UD “P' l ' l tween with the loiU suiiie wtnVh?- ,‘ le , d f il! ht -- present crib lilliu- •fS„ „ ! IC| J i» used for the about -fii.OdO. If ! hl ' 3 T 0 1,0 mend that a now . fpo done, I recoin onshore.” oepera dwelling be erected , A inssixa scnooxEii. .7ohnTva.der of'cm-'- Vm lett ?, r - fram Capt. from hor. Mr \Vn"b%ovM ( . Iloth i‘ UJ? was lor her C -Mweasea grave fears Sm." 11 aad ELUVATOU J CATES AT UUITALO. I't , urr » illn C'WMcrcial AdvcrtUcr: “Thu Western Llcvattiur Company publish the ifoliowiu" -m lomieeinent: Ait;. lu.-To parties alvhw os all their business: Klovatfmr lino store (with priv ilege oi live days' storairoj, : .t cent per bus*n«i* Montf-c for llrst live days' there: ftcr? or tmrts thereul, U cent per bushel: s teniae each i cedntjr ten days, or Darts thereof. ■{ ecu: per bushel, Hie vessel pays, in addition to the above for elcvatiiur, !. cent per bushel.’: i.vriiut'Em.y placku ulovs. ~.'£;; ro . n . to -Vui!: “Cupt, IJix, Of tho schooner |-I b r“k’.i5 t “ ,C!,Ulat thob “°ys around Si m k£ lalttiid lighthouse arc very impro|ierlv planed ns instead of being on tho edge of the shoal they are placed several hundred feet inside Ho 1 urttaer said there should he three buoys instead of two one at each eml and one in the eenn e Ohe middle ground above tho Island, he thinks’ should also be buoyed, as I here Is ouly about si \* feeloj tvalcrin that locality.” • ,uuoul3li SAILORS* WAGES. The marine reporter of the DaUuXetcs.Kiues ton. has been interviewing Mr. Crou-lev Presi dent of the Sailors Union in that port Mr Crowley thinks thd Toronto Union is not jiiitl lled m putting wages up to *1.30 on the hike all d ?h... through the canal. Ho thinks the rates arc too low to enable owners to pav anv higher wages than what they were doing. ’The Kin“s- p J rcsent. o “ doe3 uot I,ltt;nd tu adfance wageiTai STURGEON HAV CANAL. The Sturgeon ilay Canal will bo completed nc m mg to contraet by oot. 15. when a., average twc * lve H*et will be reached. At pres ent tho contractor for tho work is driving pile* ban n iS tto Thi?^ S IO h ll , ie purpo3e of protecting tho banks, ihe depth ot water is now twelve feet JJJJrtSr 1 tnuiin *T toGnjen Buv ports have no dlfiiculty in passing through loaded. THE PIER AT RACINE. Mihvaukee Sentinel: “The pier at t« said to be decaying rapidly, ana Muj. Wcitzel recommends that it be replaced by u concrete Ph er fi I, K.°L th ° plcrat this pure add the llghtkeeper 9 residence be removed ashore lfaat S lO -** o bo appropriated Bay S C?anar ,fl I?ht al 1116 mouthot ‘ tfio Sturgeon SUED FOR DAMAGES. o*9*. n % Smith ’ ': oi* Buffalo, has In- V U S d K S^ IC iu , tho Supreme Court against Capt. John Green for *IO,OOO damages, it will bo - aL reen some time ago severelv Kicked fcmilli during a wordy altercation ou the dock, uhe latter is able to be around, but has not yet fully recovered from the blows. JIAV CITV LUMBER SHIPMENTS. t The shipments of forest products from Bar City by water for the week ending Aug. 0 were nsloiio.vs: Lumber, feet, EM: shingles 4.010.000; hoops. 300,000; shocks, posts, wO. A FOG-WHISTLE AT PORT AUSTIN. MaJ. eizd has asked for permission to erect a fog-whistle station at Port Austin. If per mission is granted the work will be done this rail, and will boot great service to navigation. A buoy has been placed over the wreck re cently discovered near . Clay Banks, which is supposed to be tho schooner Trinidad. DELLK ISLE LIGHTHOUSE. Plans for the Bello Isle lighthouse are com pUßod, and work will be started about Sept. 15. and finished this fall. * miscellaneous. VESSEL TO ME LENGTHENED. Special Dispatch to The Chicago lYibune. Milwaukee, Aug. 33.—Cant. McDonald, mas ter and owner of the Canadian schooner Pride of America, which has been lying in ordinary here for some time, is figuring to lengthen tho craft forty feet, in anticipation of the opening of the now Welland Canal. Whether the work will be done here or below will be determined by the course of freights within the next few weeks. A*o. hit, ..41.000 ...'Si, 000 ...50,000 ..83,000 ..53,000 COAL CHARTERS. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Oswego, N. Y„ Aug, 33.—Chartered for coal to-day on private terms, said to be $2.10 net, schooners Sam Cook. O. M. Bona, and Kate Iveily. They and tho Leadvilie have sailed for Chicago. MUSKEGON LUMBER SHIPMENTS. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Muskegon, Mich., Aug. 13.— Clearances to-day, 24; lumber shipments. 4,125,000 feet. Clearances lor the week, 125; lumber shipments for the week ending to-night, 23,287,000 feet. PORT OF CHICAGO. ARRIVALS. j*mr Grace Grummond. South Haven, aondrU stmr Sheboygan, .Manitowoc, sundries. J'rop William Edwards, Buffalo. coal. Prop Boscobel. Peshtigo. lowing*. • Prop Boston, BuUalo, sundries. Top William Cnppen, Manistee, lumber. 'rop.lghn Grecorv, Sturgeon Bay, towing Top Messenger. Benton Harbor, sundries. Top Skylark, Benton Harbor, sundries. Top J. S. Scaverns, Saugutuck. sundr.es. Top Mary Grob. South Haven, sundries. Top .Maine, Muskegon, sundries. ’rop George Dunbar. Muskegon, lumbei. •ros C. Uickox, Muskegon, lumber. 'rop Eveline Bates. Grand Haven, lumber. 'rop Swallow. White Jaike, lumber. ’rop W. T. Graves, Buffalo, coal. 'rop Delaware, Buffalo, sundries. ’rop G. J. Trucsdell, Grand Haven, lumbea 'rop Ira H. Owen. South Chicago, llphr ’rop Charles Kletz. Manistee, lumber. Schr Charles Foster, Buffalo, coal, Schr M. W. Page, Buffalo, coal. Schr Peshtigo. Peshtigo, lumber. Schr Alert, Peshtigo. lumber. Schr Sodus. Grand Haven, bark. Schr Wollin. Holland, lumber. Schr Robert Hewlett Grand Haven, lombw Schr Case, Manistee, lumber. Schr A. T. Winslow, Aipcnu. lumber. Schr Winnie Wing, Penrwater, lumbe* Schr Eliza Day, Muskegon, lumber. Schr J. D. i’ride. Manistee, lumber. Schr Lottie Cooper. Alpena, lumber. Schr Guido Pfister, Ashtabula, coaL Schr FlymgMist Sandusky, coal. Schr Felicitous, Ludlnpton. lumber. Schr H. A. Uichmond, Oconto, lumber* Schr Jason Parker. Muskegon, wood. SchrScud, Grand Haven, lumber. Schr Mary Collins. Kscanaba, ties. Schr Kamodery, Grosse Point, gravel. SchrE. M. Partch. Parker's Bay, I’osta. SchrJ. V. Jones, Muskegon, lumber. Schr Apprentice Boy. Grand Haven, lumber Schr Coral, Silver Lake, lumber. Schr 7~ G. Slmmous, Muskegon, lumber. Schr A ndrew Jackson. Muskegon, lumber, schr Willie Loutit, Manitowoc, lies, * Schr Lottie Wolf, Menominee, lumber. Schr Ottawa, Grand Haven, lumber. Schr Maggie Thompson, Muskegon, Lxmber. Schr Kale Lyon?, Manistee, lumber. • » Schr E. It Blake, Muskccon, lumber. ** Schr Louisa McDonald. Manistee, lumber. Schr Louis (Into?. Manctulan Island. rallroaAttaJL ■'*» Schr Julia B. Merrill. White Lake, lumber. «— *■ Sclir Myrtle, Muskegon. lumber. SchrG. W. Adams. Buffalo, coaL Schr H. I). Moore, Muskegon, lumber. ' Schr Curiosity, Gross Point, gravel. SchrMantha, Gross Point, gravel. Schr V. 11. Kctchutn, Buffalo, coaL Schi Otter. Muskegon, lumber. Sclir Citv of Grand Rapids, Muskegon, lumbei SchrS. J. Luff, Marinette, lumber. Schr A. Bronson, Muskegon, lumber. Schr Orkney loiss. Traverse City, lumber* Schr Charlie Crawford. Casevllle. lumber* Schr W. 11. Hawkins, Manistee, lumber. . v Schr Adriatic. Muskegon, lumber. t L Schr A. Bradley, Whltetlsh Bay. bark. > Scbrltockaway, Muskegon, lumber. Schr Lewis Day, Green Bay. posts and poles. Schr John Mark. Manistee, lumber. Schr Grace 31. Filer, Cheboygan, tics and bark SchrJ. V. Taylor. Manistee, lumber. Schr Delos De Wolf. Menominee, lumber. SchrJ. and A Stronach. Manistee, lumber. Schr 'J*. V. Avery, False Presaulse, cedar posts. _ Schr John Schulte, Saginaw, lumber. wrrm ACTCAL SAILINGS. Prop Conestoga, Erie, 50.000 bu corn and sundries. Prop Boston, Buffalo, TU.llJh bu corn. Prop Juniata. Buffalo, 4,i.WX) bu corn. 1,700 sacks flax seed. 1.12:1 bags and 400 sacks flour, and sundries. J’rop Europe. Marquette, light. Prop Maine. Muskegon, light. I'rop C. Hlcko.x, Muskegon. light. Prop George Donbur. Muskegon, light. Prop Tempest, White Lake, light, I'rop E. K. Thompson. Muskegon, sundries. Prop IL McDonald. Muskegon, light. I'rop Badger State. 8uf1h1u.2a.473 bu corn and sundries. Prop Mnrv Grub. South Haven, sundries. I'rop J. S. Seaverns, Saugutuck, sundries, j’rop Northern Queen, Collingwood, 17,500 bn corn and sundries. Prop Alcona, Buffalo. 41,561 bu wheat Prop It, P. Banner, Cleveland, light. i’rop Lawrence. Chebovgnn, sundries. 1- ? Prop Hattie B. Perow. South Haven, su»d£^' Prop Favorite, Menominee, sundries. Prop City of Fremont, Duluth, sundries. I’rop Boscobel, Peshtigo, towing. Pron Ira H. Owen. Kscauaba, light Stmr Muskegon, Menominee, sundries. Stmr Sheboygan. Manitowoc, sundries. Schr S. Anderson. Muskegon. light SchrT. Bronson. Muskegon, light. Schr Iron State. Kscanaba, light Scnr Annie F. Morse. Muskegon. light Schr D. A. Wells.Gmnd Haven, light Schr Mary E. Cook. Hamlin, light Sclir C. C. Tro«vbridge, Hilton, light Schr William Sturges, Luduigtou. light Schr American Union. Menominee, light Sclir M. Capron, Manistee, light / Schr Higgie & Jones. Kscanaba, light Schr Arctic, Grand Traverse, light Schr Eclipse, Ludlngtou. light Schr Reindeer, Muskegon, light. Schr Andrew Jackson. Muskegon, light Schr Maggie Dali. Muskegon, light . m hr B. F. Bruce. Buffalo, SUUI bu com. Schr Golden West Buffalo. Jl.iXWbu wheat Schr Nellie Red button. Buffalo, of.COO bu com. Sehr Wollin, Holland. TiW bu oats. Schr Clara. Menominee, light Schr Nellie Torrent Muskegon, light Schr Cecelia, Manistee, light. Schr William Jones. Cedar River, sondries. , Schr Vr. H. Hawkins, Manistee, light Schr Apprentice Bov, Grand Haven. light Schr Mary, Grand Haven, light Schr Butcher Boy, Marinette. lipbt <chr Guiding Star. Kingston, bn com. SchrJ. B. PendelcL Menominee, light Schr Advance, Peshtigo. light Schr Challenge. Ludlngton, light SchrAdriatic, Muskegon, light V£A’ il «chr Sea Bird, Manistee, light Prop Bubo Richards, £scanaba» light* A RUOV PLACED OVER A WRECK. N I I THE CHICAGO v Escanaba, JlchL a^sunSSr' 86 * Tmverac Llt r* WO3 ba oats OTHER lake PORTS. pout npito.v. Pout Huron-, Mich.. An- 3i’._Pusred un linyCi F-n Vf hU:1 ’ 1 Sul ’' nor aad consorts, as w p,r d lur “ es - I - ol!l:l!r and consort.Tltotn wlth O ’ aud c ° n3or[ . Ju,ne3 p - Donaldson f ' * l ' -V Poster and hurjros; schoon , ' J ' "■ Gifford, Michigan, E. A. Nicholson, Chandler, J.W ells. Kellie Gardner, 11. li. Trem ble, A. bantu, Klnpllsher.- .:o‘n«.rt td ~ H ' 1! ' TU “ IC Vrith E ‘ l ’- Ucals and Do '™r I,ropellcr3 Fnu ntnin City, D. W. Pow crs. 1 uiladelphia. Germanhi and hart-e*, \V u tietraorc and consort,.V. Swain and consort, and H abash; schooners Georeo 31. Case, Swal low-. Khar Sisters, Jl. Dudley, Snowdrop, tu-- 3 nlean and raft. “ Wind-West, brisk. 'Weather—Cloudy. 1 out Hi;i:ox, Mich., Aug, IS—{Kjrt nm— i> ic s/ ./i Ul \Vlim-Eollud 3 W f . ro ” unci contorts. w,. 'r.'.’r.! * >, Pellers .luh„_ Pridjfe.ni, Jr.. Ojrotna «f 'i muith 3l nitre, Northerner, Cite i "“‘‘aaasnrt. Havana and consort, Mar> I nn"le and barges. S. K. Sheldon und con- C°T : VHnSn-^f r ° rt i Cr ’ \ Vuu ’ J1,,,1 *h. H- E. Hailey. <%>,oli?m-MitSnr’N;;4 cooil Ud Uorthea3t ' rrcsh '< weather cloudy and pout colhoune. Sarcfal Dirputch to The a,tea no Tribune. Pout Lui.udkxe, Out.. Aug. Passed uo ighu'Vin.g’Ar " oollr ‘! ,r - Kingston to Toledo, I-tat, Olner Mowntt, loronto to Toledo, li<rhf eureu Ur L ‘ : t,L '’ Mon trcul to Chicago, general flown—Schooner M. Fillmore, Chicago to rorif- Sl v“’ r or ft : Chicago toKmgston. Vn Vhm '; Hank Detroit to Kingston, wheat; I'nP* Thurston, Toledo to Kingston, wheat; A. nlconer, Detroit to Kingston. wheat; to ICi »P«ton, corn; Gibraltar, ouiuuo to Jvliiyston, corn; steam-barge Lincoln. Chicago to Kingston, corn. KSCANAUA. Special Dispatch to .Tho Chicago Tribune . n E r°^l?bJ ,A * Mi u a ” Aug. l;j,—Arrived—Steamer it. U Acklej ; schooners Champion. Copack. H. C. Richards, h. Fitzgerald, Canton. Lem Ells- -Departed—Steamers Argonaut, D. W.Uust, U. V,*, A schooners T. Ouayle, Niagara, Col. hllswortfa, Uutcrtown, A. U. Noves. C. A. Kin" i unbaka. Our Son, Alice Itlchurds. D. K. Clint L.c. Butts, Thomas Gawu, Red Whiteandßlue Isarragunsett, Skylark. l| MARguiTTE. Special Dispatch to Die Chicago Tribunt. Slarquette, Mich.. Aug. 13—Passcd down- Steamer Citv ot Cleveland. r’hwlf* \rl >r^iPS! ler panl - schooners Iron Chter, Wiigstatr. Riverside, Curling ford, Owasco. t V ei ivT C^ — AUsena; schooners Winona, John hoyes, L. Rous, J. ilmhows. MILWAUKEE. Special DisvaUh to The Chicago Tribunt Mii.waukee, Aug. IT—Tho schooner JI. btalker to-day took on a cargo of wheat and sailed for Chicago. She received 1U cents free Arrived from below—Steam-barge Minneapo lis* schooners Richard Winslow and Emma C. Hutchinson. SELIGMAN’S STEAL. ffe Admits tlio Theft, hut Lays It Up to Sickness in Mis Family and a Crop ol* Debts—Corn, Wheal, and tho Gambliii<;-IlouscN Took the S\vn; r - Ex-MicrliriJollinami Doesn’t Propose* to Let Up—A Wife’s Tale ol Neglect— A Prospect of a Divorce, and a Resi dence at Joliet. Benjamin IL Seligman, who was Deputy Sher iff under Sheriff Hoffmann, and who got off with an amount of money somewhere in tho vicinity of $2,;>00 which he had collected on exe cutions, returned from New York yesterday in charge of an ollicer, and was jailed to answer an indictment lor his crime found against him some months ago. Immediately after his incarceration a re porter for The Tribune culled* upon him. and found him to bo tho most humble of individ uals in his new surroundings. His story was brief, and without point, from the fact that he pretended not to know tho extent of his defal cation. “ 1 had had considerable sickness in my fam ily, ho said, •• and was in debt, and I USED 310NEY THAT DID NOT DELONG TO ME, but how much I do not know. I left Chicago Oct. 20, however, calculating to tlx up matters in New lork, but on reaching there I was disap pointed, and sailed for Europe Nov. 7. My bondsmen were Messrs. Cradle & Strotz, tobac conists, Joseph Lederer, jeweler (who bus since lulled), and Samuel Glickuuf. my father-in-law and, thinking they had settled matters, L came back June 2, and, prior to being arrested, had agreed to come to Chicago in a few weeks.” What reason had you to think they had set tled matters?” ” I bad been so advised by my wife and friends, with whom, 1 had been in constant communica tion.” “ Vour arrest, then, was a surprise?” 44 A very great one,” 44 What were you doing: in New York?” 44 1 was living with my brother, and employed as a salesman in the knit-goods Hue.” 44 And you intended to return to Chicago?” “Ves. I was coming- back: on a business trip to see my family and friends.” 44 Then you do not know the extent of the claims against you?” 44 They amount to about $1,C00." 44 From whom did you collect the money?” 44 1 cannot tell. I bad been collecting for months, and had never been called upon for a linal settlement.” 44 You know how much money you took awav with you?” 44 Just barely enough to pay my fare to New x ork.” CORN CAUGHT HIM. • 44 What did you do with the missing money?” 44 The facts are that I got to trading in corn and other cereals, and lost it.’* 44 Did you gamble any?” 44 Some.” 44 Now, what do you propose to do about it?” 4, lcandoftothing until I see Sheriff Hoff mann. The question is between him and my bondsman, really, but, if they do not propose to settle, then 1 may be able to settle myself. Mr. Lederer and 1 own some real estate together.and 1 think 1 can fix things up and get out on bail, i or maybe a discharge.” 44 Have you done anything looking to your re lease? 44 1 have sent for Mr. Hoffmann, and want to have a talk with him, and this is all.” 44 Have your bondsmen been to see you, or any of your friends?” . 44 0h,n0: they do not know I am here, and I I don't want them to know it, until I have seen i Mr. Hoffmann.” 44 Has your wife called?” 44 N0; she does not know I am In the city. 44 The interview ended here, which was at quite a late hour in the afternoon, and subsequently the reporter learned that the prisoner, in de pending upon Mr. Hoffmann’s leniency to secure his liberty, was TYING TO A ROPE OF SAND. The reporter’s informant, who is a friend of Mr. Hoffmann, said that he would not let up on the prisoner under any circumstance, —that it was not tho .return of the money, but the punishment of tho crime he was seeking—which makes a decidedly bad outlook for tho ex-Den- I my Sheriff. y r< A reporter sought Mrs. Seligman Inter, to find y anything additional he could bearing ou tho ca*e. ** He found tho lady presiding overu ladies furnish ingstorc on North Clark street, near Huron, and decidedly more anxious to Interview than to bo interviewed. She was finallv prevailed upon, however, to drop a few suggestions, and started out by saying that her husband bad left her and three children in October last to go to Blue island on an electioneering trip. Ho left her without money or means of support and j tho next she beard of him, ho was in New I York, which was a few days later. The next she beard of him was nine months later, upon his return from Europe, and the last she heard of him was a letter received Tuesday. Both of the letters, she said, might have been construed to have been affectionate, but. since they were so far apart, she did not so construe them, and had never answered either. He bad I never sent her a cent, she said, and. reverting to the past, she added that her life for twelve years—ever since she had been married—had been one of trouble, in short, she left the scribe Impressed with the Idea that one of Mr. Seilgmau’s weaknesses bad been bis FONDNESS FOU OTHER WOMEN', in the enjoyment of which he had forgotten that be had a family. In conclusion, she said, sub stantially, that she did not see that be was greatly wronged by being behind tho bars, and assured tho reporter, in verification of what she had previously said, that he would stay tnere a long time before she called upon him or tried to do anything for him. The facts are. so far us could be gleaned from an unwilling witness, that Mrs. Seligman is very much down upon Mr. Seligman. and has no sympathy for him whatever. Further than this, she says, or intimates, that be bos almost bank rupted her father m former troubles, and that he need expect no succor from that source this time. And still further, as indicating her line of action in tho matter, she says she bus cm- : ployed an attorney to look after her Interests, I and it need not surprise Mr, Seligman to see I her applying for a divorce, on the ground of desertion, at the earliest possible day. Careful Jlarlha. Jiuniettf. 44 Are you prepared for death?” the clergyman asked, with u tremor of emotion lu bis voice, os be took the sick woman’s band in bis own. A shade of patient thought crossed the invalid’s face, and by-and-by she said sho didn’t believe she was; there was the bedroom carpet to be taken up yet, and tho paint up-stairs bud hardly been touched, and she did not want to put now curtains la the dining-room; but she thought, if she did not die until next Monday, she would be about rs near ready as a woman with a big family and ao girl ever expected to be. TfDAY, AUGUST 14, 1881—S1XTCTW PAGES. METHODISM. Interesting Statistics of a Power ful Religious Body. A Strong and Growing Bulwark of Protestant Orthodoxy. ' The Class-.Becting the Germ-Cell of -Lojui’mi Siturdan Jtecitw. It may be doubled whether many Vii-Heaii m-lates or clergymen, or lor that matter Wesleyan ministers either, would be disposed to indorse the assurance proffered the other day by Bishop Kyle to the President of the " esieyan Conference, that their respective communions are simply •‘different regi ments” in the same general army of “the Church of Christ in England.” But there can be no doubt that the large proportions .Methodism lias assumed in England and America make it a phenomenon of° consider able importance, and fully suffice to explain the elaborate disquisition on its history and organization which occupies the Inst place in the Edinbunj Review for July xiie writer computes the English -Methodists at 3,000,000 and the Americans at 1-1,000 ODO while he rates their ecclesiastical property in Croat Britain at £11,000,000 mid in America at £15,000,000. U'UiU,kar.i Almanac tor issi gives 14,500,000 as the total figure r ln,l r'| S oC oj l . descriptions through out the English-speaking world,” countin tamihes and sympathizers. Possibly the ruth may lie somewhere between 'Se two n, l i t h'i e “ lt .v‘ ? lo ,', Vl!S ! computation be adopt |-| b “Hh-'ienUy large. It slioiild be re nal ked, however, that live sects or schisms have broken oil from the parent stock, and Wesleyans, or Methodists proper, "ith v 1 1 om alone the EtZiubuty writer con cerns himself, we have the New Connection formed in ITOr; Primitive-Metlmdists in ]!slo uhq, according to 11 blinker, number in this country nearly half as many adherents as the “"gioal body; Bible Christians, founded in lt>h>, Li lilted -Methodist I’ fee Churches, who separated in ISB,—demanding, like the New Connection,'larger powers for theiaitv and who come next in number to the Primitive -Methodists, havmg about a third as maiiv members; lastly, the Wesleyan itefoiii, union, who seceded from tlie Eree Churches in ltdil, but have only some 7,000 members and eighteen ministers in Great Britain. There is scarcely a simile of doctrinal difference be tween these various comm unities, theirdisi.mte with file main body of Wesleyans and with each other turning on points of ecclesiastical discipline, to which reference will be made presently. With the broad facts of John' .Vumfe t , cu ,P' el '' a ; ld , l»o circumstances Mliieli led to Ins gradual alienation from the English Church mid very unwilling creation of an independent seel, which has proved in the seiiuei far the largest and most inlluential, though not the bitterest, Of her rivals—we will' not sav of her foes—the reader may bo presumed to bo laimliar. lJi(i eslevuns, indeed, urofass tnemselves ** the friends of ali, the enemies of none,” and we have heard of a worthy Methodist Elder assuring his Vicar that they are “the pillars of the. Church”; but-the claim can hardly be admitted, even in cite re stricted sense applied to the ehurehmanship ot Eord Eldon, for they not oniv never enter the church themselves, but have not dis charged the office of external buttresses witli any very marked success. The famous pas sage where .Macaulay suggests ’ how a wiser policy in the ecclesiastical rulers of the last century might have made John Weslev to the Church of England what Ignatius Loyola was to the Church of Koine lias been read with a smile or a sigh by many successors, both of Ins and of theirs, in our own dav but it is too late now to repair a fatal mis take. Whether anything can still be done to arrest its further consequences is another matter. The first step, at ail events, towards any such undertaking must be to gain clear appreciation of the facts. Ami there can be no doubt that Methodism differs widely botii in its origin .and its characteristic features from the ordinary forms of Dissent, though it may be questioned whether the spread of Liberatiouist principles has not tended of late years to obliterate or modify the difference. \\ csley himself was so far from having any quarrel with the doctrine or discipline of the Church ot England, as such, that to the last he considered it far the nearest approach to Apostolic Christianity in the world: he strictly forbade Ids preachers to hold services durum the hours of worship at the parish church, or to presume in any case to administer sacraments; and it was only under pressure of what he believed to be necessity, and after the Bishop of London (Lowtli) had refused to act, that lie at length essayed in union with two other Anglican clergymen to ordain a Methodist “Bishop” lor America, .where an Episcopal form Of government is still retained among Ids fol lowers. It was the spectacle of the “soul damning clergymen” of Ids day which troubled him; and Methodism arose, not like other sects, to reform an erroneous sys tem of ecclesiastical polity, but to promote personal holiness. The lino of demarcation between Dissent and Methodism has been 1 well defined from tho be ginning. -Methodism sprang from a sense of personal guilt before God; Dissent arose from tho conviction that Episcopacy was.ivrom'-, xhe quarrel ot the former was with irrellgion, of tho •“ttcr wlt h Prelacy. Dissent discussed theories ot Church government us though tho salvation of tho world depended upon the adoption ot some particular scheme. -Methodists declared that their prime purpose was “to reform tho nation, more particularly-tho Church, and to spread Scriptural holiness over the land.” Dis senters,” said Wesiey “ begin everywhere with showing Ihoir hearers how fallen the Church and ministers are; wo begin every where with showing our hearers how fallen thoy ure themselves.” Dissent magnified Iho con gregation and made It honorable; Methodism originated the ‘‘United Societies” which were to have close connection with one another, and always to act in unison. Dissent boldly sep arated from the Church: the Methodist leaders declared that they” obeyed the bishops in all things indifferent, and observed the canons as far as they euuld with a safe conscience.” Their separation was gradual; it continued through many years, it was accompanied with fond re grets, and it has tinged, though with gradually fading tints, tho intercourse of the Church and Methodism. It is quite consistent with the origin ami practical purpose of the movement that, as the Rcvicioer says, Methodism should he • built upon the class-meeting as its germ cell.” Tills meeting consists of some fifteen or a dozen persons, of either sex, who as semble weekly, under direction generally of a layman, for spiritual converse and instruc tion, and for something very like what is elsewhere practiced under the name of con fession. It is said to provide a powerful menus for checking immorality, as well as for impressing the true Methodist stamp on members ot the body, while at the same time it has—in common with the various Boman Catholic guilds, brotherhoods, ami the like one great indirect advantage m providing an occupation and outlet for the religious en ergies of laymen, which, at tite time of the Wesleyan movement, were very much left to run to seed in the Church of England. It is also, like Catholic confession, part of the prescribed preparation for communion. In Wesley's time his preachers were inter dicted from performing any sacramental acts, but with tlie delinit separation from the Church of England which at once fol lowed on Ills death this prohibition necessar ily fell through. There is still, however, a distinction preserved of clerical and “ local ” preachers, the latter being mere lavmen and restricted to lay functions. Women, like ” Dinah Morris,” were at. one time to he found among tlie lay preachers, but this in novation provoked severe censure, and was soon suppressed by authority. The preacher of a funeral sermon had al ready significantly remarked that “Balaam was converted by the braying of an -ass I’eter by tltp crowing ot a cock, and our la mented brother by dlie preaching of a woman.” All appointments of preachers are in the hands of the Conference, not of the Jay Trustees of chapels, who did indeed long contest the exclusive claims of the clerical hierarchy, but M ere gradually and completely defeated, so carefully had the deeds been drawn under Wesley's eye. In isf, a ease came on appeal before Lord Lyndburst, as Lord Chancellor, which set tled tlie lejptl bearings ot the ques tion in favor of the Ministry, who did not hesitate thereupon to recognize his Lordship as “in liis official capacity a minister of God for good.” We have sain already that chap els are grouped into “circuits” under their respective “superintendents,”—in America he lias the title of “Bishop,”—but all these circuits arc under tlie supreme control of the Conference, which is “heir to Wesley’s spir itual despotisiu and irresponsible power.” For eighty years a war was waged to procure the admission of the lay element—as it has come to be called ill our day—into Conference, but in vain; “ Wesieyanism stood firm by its nolfeii doors.” An attemnt was once made the Church, Cinc.vGo, Aug. 1:1.—I take tlie liberty fo sending you a copy of a letter just received from .Mrs. Judd, widow of the late lion. X. 11. Judd, of tlfis city, who is visiting her sis . ter in Ilussia, believing that it will be inter esting to her numerous friends. M. Ei;vi;r., Eussia July 14.—Dkau Fiue.nd: Imagine tun three weeks and three days after leaving New 1 uric, seated in a carriage drawn by magnificent black horses—with a coachman on the box on whose head rests the ijueerest shaped, the oddest little black hat, projecting at the top like the supports to the rout of a Swiss cottage; an overcoat of bine cloth wjth a plain, eiose-litting waist, a lull skirt laid in great plaits each one evi dently pulled out by being wadded; around his waist a belt of heavy silver—winding mv way up the steep, narrow streets of the quaintest old city I have yet seen in Europe. The houses have high-peaked roofs covered witli tinted red tiles and over the doors von read the dates' 1200, I4OU, liiOO, A. D. You do not need to read the dates to know that the buildings lived and died hundreds of years before this nineteenth century,. This winding road leads to tne iloinberg, a great rock which rises out of the plain and on which are built the Governor’s palace and die houses of many of the nobles. The more modern of these houses are palatial in style as well as in size. All are large, and most of them date back hundreds of years. That to which 1 was driven is supposed to have been built for a monastery about the year 1200, A. I). The walls varied in thickness from four to six feet. The rooms were grand in size and bight, one of them with a beautifully vaulted ceiling which may once have been j the chapel of the monastery. Em trom the great windows we looked down iiDon the city roots, across the city to the beautiful groves of Katharine Thai, a park laid out by Peter the Great, and where one still sees the little house in which he often spent his summers, and near which there is now an Imperial palace which is oc casionally occupied by the family of the Em peror. Ail through tliis grove are scattered lovely villas occupied during the summer months by those who come here for sea-bathing and sea-air. XJeyond the park a long ledge of rocks standing out into the sea and at its fur llierest point the fine chateau of Prince Or iolf, of St- Petersburg. To the left the blue waters of the Baltic, the old moles which mark the mouth ot the harbor in which are ships from all parts of North and South America, England, and the Status bordering on the -Mediterranean. On two the Stars and Stripes of tile United States were floating the day we sailed into the harbor. On one I read the name of Sturgis, and thought it might hail from our own .Chicago, especially when 1 found it had come laden with grain and cotton. Four large warships were also lying in the bay on which itdssian lads are taught the art of war. Xever from any window have I seen so magnificent a prospect. From the opposit sideof the Bomberg the view is unite differ ent. One looks out over long stretches of meadows dotted over with villas half hid among the trees. Long promontories Jut out into the sea. high and rocky, and well wood ed. On one of these, Kocca-el-.Mara, there are several villas belonging to Baron Girard and his sons. The trees are old and remind one of Long fellow’s description of a primeval forest, in places it looked as wild as it the foot of man had never trodden there. There were great moss-grown bowlders at whose feet nestled a profusion of wild flowers. From densely-grown thickets you come [ out into finely-cultivated places where rare exotics and fine groups in bronze of al most life-size made a strange contrast to the wilderness left behind. Winding walks were laid out in the forest and ran along the high shore by the sea. From the latter one gets a grand view of the sea. and the city, and the Loin berg. The day we were there the waters of .the sea were white as a pearl, reflecting the hue of a cloudless, almost colorless, sky. Large bowlders, brought by Arctic ice from Northern seas, lay near the shore. Out trom the waters fish leaped into tile air, and over it sea-oirds flapped their I long wines. Beyond the bay which lay be tween us and the city were long groves of trees, among which we could see the roofs qX the villas which line the coast. Above the &asa Conference, remains intact And thus - the hK -r l . rest " l - 11, „ lljß|lan ‘ ,s of the n i iistcre hhe. Ilioinas a Becket, they willonlv nenldr c enes to try clerics, and to admit'into tin* church and expel from it.” It ViVnJt certain 'v he allowed that this •• nondescript presov tery - winch disclaims 'all -sneeiWhm !v digital touch,’- manatees to - write its nricst aiscrti ar fhat it' 1 ’! 1 -" V™*™™ UtStKiSly tlu . £ lfc Ia composed oi •• min- Juul pastors empowered not only to preach tlie Gospel, but to administer the sacraments of our holy reiiHon P.p r !?^‘ l Wlth aII thti £ tlie Christian pastorate.” Xor is this a men. ril'ift^vhT!^' 011 ! bu , t the asser tion of a /or. f .«i. S , 1S i«nIo»sly maintained. When cli.illuip.ed to admit lay delegates, tlie C<m. f rm UCO refused to entertain *• any W t 0 transfer, tdt!i '— iL ”• "I- p ? rt - the responsibility of tlie f i|,li ? tyc ® s from the ,"- 6 torate to tliejay otheers. To adont such a course of procedure would he to iivS ni, '■! pimeiple wlucli, In the judgment of the Con office*” ’ IS The’* nt i'Yt ll ' * n it^the pastoral oiiutf. Ihe extremest “saeerdotalim conhl not ,say much more. And notonlvis 1 the-ell o‘!i ea Um ' iGKr hoid the keys t“® the Church and to the^(WelF h" iJ oosi,ls ot iu members locne Chuicli it>elf, as represented bvthe Si'i i?' 11,10 Spirit would raise up to rep r.scnt Us “titlionty namely: Hits minis- Icis, but both the Conference and its district committees claim the “undoubted rh'lt’’of what is called -friendly examination" but ■'• ‘ WOI ! W °r (ll 'uuily be termed inquisitor iial imcstiiranon into -the moral, Chris tian, or ministerial conduct of the preacli ers, even though no formal or regular ac ciisation hits been preferred against them. ~ft theie lie any force in tlie taunt some thit°“theisi r( ; ee " t conversions to Koine, that thciu iirc plenty of Scotch Duchesses hut no Kng ish grocers,” the precise opposit hoh.s proud of the triumphs of Methodism. U^x>pdmJ| L . tlus upper classes, and LVv '. 'c, paramount inllncnce over tiio pool. ihe prosperous mechanic, tlie well to-do tradesman, the manufacturer, for one or two generations, are its chief supporters ” ..nii'n.'n- b,!ell ,.'■-Mr. Arnold would - I '■* pi“l>stme religion. It lias not, indeed. 'fiu. V.sr o r' e:ul r y mtmmted. coalesced with the fetneral line of political dissent. At one period a leading \\ esleyan was expelled for joining die Liberation Society ot ids day, but no such sentence would have a ehaiiee of passim: now. In the educational contest of .i C iri?mu lt |,?7 < Ji " esluy “ii s were somewhat mi ided, hut they generally acquiesced in tlie compromise proffered by Mr. Forster, wliieii was really far more favorable to Dissent than to the Church, tor tlie alternative of Bible teaching in hoard sellouts, without any “de nominational formulas ’’—which they do not possess or value—gave them all they wanted. I lie raison d'etre of Methodism, as the re \a-wer justly observes. does not lie in its tenets, but in its peculiar organization ami adaptation to practical ends. It lias a toler aoii marked and somewhat narrow type of theology, hut no Confession of Faith. Dr 1 ope insists Unit it is materially, it not for ma iy bound by the three Catholic Creeds and the Articles ot tlie Cliurcli of England, but lie adds that this assertion "must he taken broadly, -7 as the Connection has never niaae itself responsible tor any of these for mularies. lie more summarily defines Meth odist doctrine as - what is generally termed Arniiman, ’ and as laying great siresson per sona! assurance, And Ids statement alto gether appjjes only to the Methodists proper and not to the minor offshoots from tlie parent stem. But within these limits it is true enough that a remarkable unity ot doc trine lias been preserved among tlie minis ters, and Unit any semblance of heterodoxy or noveuy among them would be steadily re pressed. It is said that a mere suspicion of Ins leaning to the theory of evolution lias debarred tlie only one of Uiem who ever achieved the least scientific distinction from the hernley lectureship, a kind of Methodist • Lauipton. ’ And tlie rigid constitution of the sect secures to it a far more effective con trol over diversities of teaching than can he tound in the more lax and tolerant rule of tie Anglican Cliurcli. And hence among tne English middle classes it is a strong bul wark of Protestant orthodoxy, as opposed to Broad Church tendencies on tlie one hand or “iiomanjzing” on Uie other. How long it wiluiontinne to hold it own against tlie pro gressive and investigating spirit of the age remains to be seen. RUSSIA. Letter from a Chicago Lady in That Country. Jh the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. tall tret?s rose the Bombers with its walls of living rock, its palaces, its turrets, nt»d its towers. I had no expectation of finding here so much that was beautiful. One is continually meeting with surprises. Von find out the attractions one by one. At lirsi you arc struck by the oddities and peculiarities ami a general want of completeness. The con trasts between die old and the new, the fin ished and the unfinished, impress themselves upon you. and it is only as you become ac customed to the town that you forget this and enjoy wholly all that is perfect, and finished, raid attractive. There are sixteen lowers and a greater part of the city wall, in many places over torty feet hign, still standing. The earthworks and moat have been laid out with walks and finely planted with trees and shrubs, and add greatly to the beauty and picUirestiuouess of die town. Every timed drive around die city Xam impressed more and more with die ex tent of the old fortifications and its impor tance in tormer days as a fortified city, ihc cannon of oar day would soon tumble them into a mass of ruins. But itussia’s danger to-day is more from the enemy with di her borders than from tiiose without. Hie American papers, however, greatly exaggerate the difficulties which liarrass and perplex the new Emperor. That Garfield w;u> shot at and nearlv killed bv an American citizen does not prove that a large part of the population desire his death; and yet the papers in Europe assert, and it is generally believed by rhe juost intelligent people whom 1 meet, that Guiteau was acting as the agent and representative of a political faction or wing of die Republican parly: and when X assure those whom I meet that it is an entire misapprehension of affairs in our country dial die so-called ‘•Stalwarts” are a patriot ic. honorable, and respectable class of men who have been trying to secure the appoint ment ol their friends, but are not an organ ization for the purpose of destroying the present Administration, tfiev look very in crediiious, and evidently think they know uelier than X do. From this fact yon can see how easy it is to magnify, distort, and mis apprehend events which lake place in a for “S? e . ol ! l,, P’:~Tinatin, for instance, i ii ibn f hilists are bent on destroying I till Governments as they exist in our dav mere is no denying. They would not only destroy all existing forms of government, but a 1 social and-family relations and all indi vidual ownership of property. They are led and taught generally by men who have risen from tiio lowest ranks, but have been educated at the Government ex pense, and who seek, like the viuer, to destroy that which gave them life having no property to protect; or by men and women who have suffered from real or supposed wrongs inflicted bv an arbitrary and despotic Government, and who'desire more than they desire life to avenge tiiose wrongs. •n Unssia proper their doctrines have spread to an alarming extent, and the real hope to-day for Unssia is in the spread of an evangelical Christianity which shall take tfie place or the superstition and-bigotry of t.:e lower classes, and of Hie infidelity and iawlesness of tiiose of more liberal educa tion who have risen from their ranks. There are now 14.000,000 in Unssia, in addition to the Lutherans of the Western or Baltic XTov inees, who have severed all connection with me Mate Church, and yet, owing to the wise statesmanship and liberality of the late and the present Emperor, these men, many of whom are .Mollakens and tStudentin, whose earnest evangelical piety is acknowledged b\ all, are Permitted to hold their meetings unhindered, and against .whom the laws are a dead letter. It seems to me that a separation between Church and State, and freedom to worship God in accordance with cverv man's conscience, would be one of the .strongest weapons that could be used to annihilate Ailnlism. \on remember that when tfie late Emperor liberated the serfs he also co manded the mvnCrs of estates to set apan certain proportion of their landed proper! winch was to be given to the peasants. T 1 gilt, however, was more like a loan, as some parts the peasant was to hold it f three years, ami in other parts six yeai i Ins constant change of ownerships, if* sm ic can be called, is working most tmfavci ably, as the peasants, retaining possess!* lor a hunted term of years, care duly forei ncliing it, only so far as It will yield its ha vests to Inmseif. Consequently each peasm as .ie gives up his possession of wliut lie has occupied leaves it in an impoverished and unfruitful condition. 'C 1 condition of things is used nv the Aenlists m itnssm pmiier to create dissatis taetmn there, as the peasants natnraliv de sire permanent possession. In the Baltic i rovmces, where the Emperor hail not the power to compel the owners 0 . 5‘ ve . . 110 a 1J:llt " c tJieir land, they hems protected in their rights by trinities made hetween themselves and I’etcr tne Great when lie hccame ruler over these I nuances, they, at the time when the serfs were liberated, decided among themselves to set-apart a certain portion of their lands which they would sell in perpetuity to the peasants. This lias been done, and the peas ants here are manv of them very rich. Their frugal habits make saving an easily accom plished fact, and in the savings hanks thev have now millions of rubles deposited'. Owing to their general prosperity, there lias been very little discontent unlit verv lately when, in the neighborhood of Dorpat espe cially, a spirit of discontent and unrest lias been created through the publishing of a newspaper by the .Nihilists, who urge the peasants to demand a gift of lands from the nobles similar to Unit made by the Emperor to the peasants in Itnssia proper. Bein'- ig norant and uneducated, they have no con ception of how much better their position is. and being also pulled up with pride at their lately-acquired wealth, they are in the mood to believe that bv demanding this titer-can obtain it. As the peasants iiere, however, have homes and property, they can hardly In? cxpcyttMl to carry things to any such cx treme as shall injure their present posses sions; and I should think, judging from nil I can learn, that mere was little trouble to be anticipated in these Provinces. *** Filling I’p California XSlvcra* »tu Frunchco (\tU. that tho inhabitants of Culifornla are bo giimltur to realize that Immense damage must occur from runtiiu- the debris from the hy draulic mines Into the rivers and buvs of Cali fornia, it may be well to call attention lo the tact that tho beds of some of tho rivers have been raised many feet above cfaetrorigiual level. For instance*, at iihermau Island wc are assured tliat tho bed of rho Sacramento Itiver is from twelve to fifteen feet higher than it was when leveeing was commenced. Such a circum stance as this proves pretty conclusively that when heavy sediment ilmis u lodgment in tho water-courses of tbo N'late ft cannot well be removed, and hence, whenever a freshet occurs thereafter, the waters overflow vast tracts of land, carrying the debris upon tho lands ami mining them lor agricultural purposes. Not any too soon have prop*rty-owners taken steps to arrest tho tearing dtrivn of the mountains and semllny the earth into the valleys to overwhelm them. Mrs. T. A. (list, 13M Walnut street, Phila delphia. writes: “[ had intianiinatory rheumatism very badly, and in one foot and anlcie it seemed to hare taken hold with the determination to stay some time; and the morning I obtained the St. Jacobs OiUeonld not put my foot down to the door even for an instant. 1 used it that evening for the hrst tune, next morning for the second time and that afternoon put my foot down for sev eral minutes at a time. On Sunday follow ing I could stand up and walk a few steps. On J'uesday could walk about my room, and went down-stairs by holding on to the banis ters. Xow can walk quite well, and there is verv little soreness and pain left, I shall go out in a couple of days, weather permitting. Just think V one bottle and a half and lean walk and am almost free from pain. It is a wonderful medicine. 1 will buy it by the doz.en and make it a family medicine, as we are subject to rheumatism.” CATAItIIH CURE. Swallowing Poison. .Swallowing and Inhaling the noxious impolicies generated bv Catarrh. pol«un not alone the nasal or cans, but the stomach and luug*. So merely local remedy. like douche* and insoluble snuffs, can pos *ihly reach ur eradicate the rirnlcnt spornies of Catarrh. Tbb fact explains the wonderful cures effected by l>r. M el lie Meyer's new Inoculative treatment, Ihe elements used by him are absorbed by the muL*ous tuen.Uruoe thronzhyut the system and form u constitutional as well as local untldote as certain to cure Catarrh as racctno virus In to pro vent nmall-Pox. Iu unprecedented sole with qbsc licstod testimonials from many thousands who at ull *luge« of the disease have been cured by this wonderful remedy, establL-b. beyond contradiction, the feet that U el lie Meyer’* C’ntarrh Cure In tbo most Important medical discovery since raccia aiion. ifev. C. M. Taylor, l4»jNobi<-6U Brooklyn, writes: 'Mine package produced a radical cure.” “It entirely cured a member of my family who has suf fered from Catarrh for -lO yrs/‘ J. I>. McDonald. >U Broadway. N, V.: “It cured me after doctoring fur nearly »0 years.” Mr*. Knma C. Howe*, £ *». aahington-place. N. V.; “1 can speak for Seven member* of my family who hare used it with Brest boocBL” Bev. W. 11. Kumuer, Frederick. 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